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Introduction to UVM (On-Demand)

This online UVM training offers self-paced learning combined with practical lab exercises. You will learn how to construct your own UVM testbench and get a certificate of completion.

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This on-demand video course introduces engineers to UVM (Universal Verification Methodology), the exciting open-source library that has quickly become the reference verification methodology for the electronic design community. The course teaches you the key base classes in the library and how to use them. You will learn about the structure of a UVM testbench, the core components required for a working testbench, and how to use TLM communication between the components of your testbench. You will see how to create transactor classes like drivers and monitors and analysis components like scoreboards and coverage collectors. You will learn the best strategies for connecting your UVM testbench to the RTL DUT. Other library features you will learn to deploy are factory creation and overrides, environment customization using configuration objects, scalable stimulus generation with sequences, and how to design your testbench for reuse.

Release date

September 2018

Level

UVM 1

Training duration

16-18 hours (available online for 30 days)

Price

USD 1200 or 12 Training Credits

Course Part Number

WHDL-UVM-ODV

Who Should Attend?

Engineers interested in developing SystemVerilog verification environments using the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) library.

Prerequisites

  • Introduction to SystemVerilog course or equivalent experience writing object-oriented SystemVerilog verification code.

Software Tools

  • SystemVerilog Simulator running on a Linux platform (Provided by Student)*: Questa from Mentor Graphics, VCS from Synopsys or XCelium from Cadence Design Systems

Skills gained

After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:
  • Explain existing UVM-based verification projects
  • Construct your own UVM testbenches
  • Create standard components like test, environment, scoreboard, agent, transactors, etc.
  • Define your own transaction Item classes
  • Use polymorphic construction techniques (factory pattern) for components and transaction objects
  • Define and distribute configuration objects for environment customization
  • Use sequences for stimulus generation
  • Develop a register model for your DUT and use the model for initialization and accessing DUT registers

Course Outline

  • Introduction
  • Messaging
  • TLM Communication
  • Transactions
  • Lab – Transactions
  • Components
  • Component Phasing
  • Lab – Components
  • Creating with the Factory
  • Running (and Stopping) a Simulation
  • Lab – Environment
  • Connecting to the DUT
  • Sequences
  • Lab – Sequences
  • Analysis Scoreboards
  • Lab – Analysis
  • Hierarchy
  • Lab – Hierarchy
  • Configurability
  • Lab – Factory Overrides
  • Configuration Object
  • Configuration Database
  • Lab – Configurations
  • Sequence-Sequencer Connection
  • Sequence Modularity
  • Responses
  • Lab – Responses
  • Register Access Layer (RAL) Intro
  • RAL Integration
  • Lab – RAL Integration
  • RAL Usage
  • Lab – Register Reset

Special Comments

*The labs require that you have access to a supported simulator listed above, running on a Linux platform. Please note, we do not support the Windows platform. The lab files we supply with this course support the top three simulators: Questa from Mentor Graphics, VCS from Synopsys, and XCelium from Cadence Design Systems. A makefile is provided that may be used to invoke the simulator of your choice.

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